Radha Krishna P

Biography

Twenty three years (after Ph.D.) of research experience on the synthesis of enantiomerically pure compounds.Worked on the projects involving researchers from both domestic and overseas pharma/biotech companies.Design and synthesis of New Chemical Entities for New Drug Discovery process.Creativity in problem solving: Identification/Development of novel synthetic routes/ processes for candidate molecules adopting non-patent infringing routes Expertise in diverse areas of organic synthesis: Aromatics, Carbohydrates, Aliphatic chemistry, Asymmetric synthesis (both by ‘chiron’ approach or chiral catalyst assisted), Design and synthesis of fluorescently labeled analogs of Epothilone B and Baccatin derivatives, C-nucleosides etc. To my Credit total are: Ph. D.s: 22-completed (10-working), MS: 14, Publications: 147, US Patents 14, Indian Patents: 2, Book Chapters-3, Reviews-4.

Research Interest

1)Synthesis of Natural Product 2)Carbohydrate Mimetics 3)Asymmetric Baylis-Hillman reaction 4)Synthetic Methodologies 5)Organocatalysis 6)New Drug Discovery